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Minute Man National Historic Park-MA

Yesterday, Craig and I took a trip to Minute Man NHP. It was only about 45 minutes away from us. It is a great day trip from Boston if you are visiting, or stop there if you are on a road trip in the North East. It is close to the Saugus Iron Works NHS and Salem Maritime NHS. This is where the American Revolution started. Where “the shot heard round the world” was fired. It is hallowed ground.

The park starts in Lexington and goes to Concord. You can drive and park at the different sites or walk or bike. There are several Visitor’s Centers-two have National Park passport stamps in them. Along the Battle Road Trail you will see Hartwell Tavern, the Paul Revere capture site, the Bloody Angle and more. There are ranger walks, battle reenactments and musket firings during the day. You can pick up info at the Visitor’s Centers.

A few other places you should visit while in the area if you love literature are the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne and the Alcotts are buried, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House and Walden Pond State Reservation. We had a great day walking through history and will be back!